Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 2, 2022Bristol County, Norfolk County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2022, 3:21 AM EDT for Bristol County, Norfolk County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2022, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2022, 4:15 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 3:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Hampton, CT	TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON CHERRY HILL RD.
Jul 2, 4:04 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Lincoln, RI	TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD BETWEEN TWIN RIVER ROAD AND BREAKNECK HILL ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

464 
WUUS51 KBOX 020721
SVRBOX
CTC013-015-MAC005-021-027-RIC007-020815-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0013.220702T0721Z-220702T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
321 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Windham County in northern Connecticut...
  East central Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
  Southwestern Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts...
  Southeastern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...
  Northwestern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Providence County in Rhode Island...

* Until 415 AM EDT.

* At 321 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mansfield,
  moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail 
           damage to vehicles is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket,
  Cumberland, North Providence, Johnston, North Attleborough,
  Mansfield, Windham, Plainfield, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln,
  Central Falls, Grafton, Willimantic, Killingly and Webster.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4182 7236 4222 7164 4180 7125 4168 7219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 247DEG 49KT 4176 7219 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BW

2 follow-up statements

958 
WWUS51 KBOX 020738
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
338 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

CTC013-020748-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220702T0815Z/
Tolland CT-
338 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TOLLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4193 7215 4222 7164 4180 7125 4171 7197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 247DEG 49KT 4185 7190 

$$

CTC015-MAC005-021-027-RIC007-020815-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220702T0815Z/
Windham CT-Norfolk MA-Worcester MA-Bristol MA-Providence RI-
338 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN WINDHAM...SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN
WORCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...

At 338 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Killingly, or
10 miles north of Plainfield, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail 
         damage to vehicles is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket,
Cumberland, North Providence, Johnston, North Attleborough,
Plainfield, Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Grafton,
Killingly, Webster, Bellingham, Burrillville and Northbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4193 7215 4222 7164 4180 7125 4171 7197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 247DEG 49KT 4185 7190 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BW

203 
WWUS51 KBOX 020801
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
401 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

CTC015-020810-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220702T0815Z/
Windham CT-
401 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4196 7180 4216 7159 4180 7125 4176 7158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 247DEG 49KT 4197 7152 

$$

MAC005-021-027-RIC007-020815-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220702T0815Z/
Norfolk MA-Worcester MA-Bristol MA-Providence RI-
401 AM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER...NORTHWESTERN
BRISTOL AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...

At 400 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North
Smithfield, or over Woonsocket, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail 
         damage to vehicles is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket,
Cumberland, North Providence, Johnston, North Attleborough,
Attleboro, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Bellingham,
Burrillville, Northbridge, Seekonk, Uxbridge, North Smithfield and
Rehoboth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4196 7180 4216 7159 4180 7125 4176 7158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 247DEG 49KT 4197 7152 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	40 min
Jul 2, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	51 min
Jul 2, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	40 min
Jul 2, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	47 min
Jul 2, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	42 min
Jul 2, 4:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	46 min
Jul 2, 4:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Plymouth	8 min
Jul 2, 4:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Jul 2, 5:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		39 min
Jul 2, 5:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		58 min
Jul 2, 7:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	39 min
Jul 2, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Jul 2, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Dukes	39 min
Jul 2, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		53 min
Jul 2, 9:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		55 min
Jul 2, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Nantucket	44 min
Jul 2, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	42 min
Jul 2, 9:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		55 min
Jul 2, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Nantucket	90 min
Jul 2, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		97 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	48 min
Jul 2, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	24 min
Jul 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	45 min
Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	41 min
Jul 2, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	38 min
Jul 2, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	38 min
Jul 2, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	38 min
Jul 2, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	47 min
Jul 2, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	52 min
Jul 2, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	39 min
Jul 2, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	49 min
Jul 2, 2:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		47 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		61 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		49 min
Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	36 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.